Rod Stewart and Cheap Trick Reschedule Their Blossom Concert for 2022
Rod Stewart and Cheap Trick were set to bring their summer tour to Blossom last year. Due to coronavirus concerns, that date featuring the two Rock Hall inductees was scrapped and rescheduled for this summer. Just recently, the two acts have announced a new set of dates for 2022. They’ll now come to Blossom on…
CODA to Host Benefit Concert for Metanoia Project Saturday
CODA in Tremont will host a concert Saturday night to benefit the Metanoia Project, the nonprofit organization now partnering with Denison Avenue United Church of Christ to provide winter shelter and services to those experiencing homelessness and who are unwilling or unable to access traditional shelters. The lineup for the “Musicians for Metanoia” event currently…
New Ghosts to Kick Off the 2020 Season With a Concert at Maple Lanes on Saturday
Since 2015, the local promoters who call themselves New Ghosts in honor of the late Albert Ayler, the famous free jazz musician who was born and raised in Cleveland, have regularly booked concerts that are avant garde even by avant garde standards. They’ve just announced that they’ll kick off 2020 with a performance by MANAS,…
Kevin Love, Coaching Searches, and More — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
Andre and Zac are back. They talk about the Cavs’ Kevin Love dilemma, the Browns’ ongoing coaching search, the Browns’ overarching plan and more. Subscribe to A to Z on iTunes here or stream below.
The Fly Dance Company to Join the Cleveland Pops Orchestra for Jan. 31 Performance
For its first concert of the year, the Cleveland Pops Orchestra has enlisted the Fly Dance Company to join it. Fly is an all-male theatrical hip-hop dance company known for bringing “innovative choreography” and “youthful energy” to the stage, and the concert will feature selections of pop music by composers from the swing era, Broadway and the movies.…
A Zoning Variance for a New Home on an Eroding Lot Has Collinwood Residents and Councilman Mike Polensek Fuming
Teri Dew walks with me towards a cliff on Lake Erie in North Collinwood. She points to the air in front of us. “There used to be a bench here,” she tells me. Then she turns to Terry Jaros, her neighbor of over a decade. “And about — how much would you say — five…
Clevelanders Rally at City Council Meeting to Demand Dignity for Homeless Population
As Cleveland City Council clerk Patricia Britt called the roll on passage of new legislation at last night’s council meeting, longtime advocate, minister and social justice champion George Hrbek stood up to interrupt the proceedings. His voiced carried over the back and forth of Britt and Council President Kevin Kelley, who were tabulating the unanimous…
Here’s An Extremely Depressing Way For Ohioans to Visualize the Extent of Australia’s Wild Fires
By now you’ve probably seen the orange-hued pictures of kangaroos fleeing hellish, fiery landscapes and other documentation of the intense wildfires currently raging in Australia. Those fires have killed an estimated 24 people and 400 million-500 million animals and have consumed more than 19,000 square miles of land. But those numbers can be hard to…
Another Charity Bar Crawl is Headed to Tremont, But This One’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Themed
If you needed another excuse to drink alcohol this winter, the good people at A Special Wish Foundation Cleveland Chapter have put together the Game of Thrones: Winter is Coming Charity Bar Crawl. Headed to seven Tremont bars and restaurants on Saturday, Feb. 1, the event divides participants into Game of Thrones family houses (Team…
The New Soft Shoe to Celebrate Its Ten-Year Anniversary on Thursday at Forest City Brewery
Ten years ago on what local singer-songwriter Brent Kirby calls a drunken dare, a group of Cleveland friends and musicians showed up at the Happy Dog to play a couple sets of tunes by the late, great Gram Parsons. Dubbed the New Soft Shoe, the group has been at it ever since, spreading the gospel…
‘Star Wars’ Composer John Williams to Conduct the Cleveland Orchestra in April
John Williams, the illustrious composer behind the themes from Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones and Jaws, is coming to Severance Hall this spring, the Cleveland Orchestra just announced. Scheduled for Sunday, April 26, the orchestra will be conducted by Williams, as they were last in 2018. The special program is not yet…
Cleveland Tea Revival to Open Second, Larger Café in Cleveland Heights
Mike George and Amber Pompeii opened Cleveland Tea Revival (1434 W. 29th St., 216-795-5099) in the Hingetown area of Ohio City in 2014. Since then, the couple started a family and relocated to Cleveland Heights. As fate would have it, the opportunity to open a second, larger specialty tea shop soon followed. Cleveland Tea Revival…
Vaping: It’s Not Too Late to Resolve to Quit in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Deaths and hospitalizations linked to e-cigarette use made headlines in 2019, and health experts say it isn’t too late to make a New Year’s resolution to kick the habit. In Ohio, nearly 80 cases of illnesses linked to vaping have been investigated by state health officials. And federal data show a 48 percent increase…
Noodlecat at Crocker Park has Closed
Noodlecat at Crocker Park is closed. The restaurant opened in November of 2017. This version was a fast-casual spin-off of the original concept, which was opened near Public Square by chef Jonathon Sawyer in 2011. For a time, there was also a Noodlecat stand at the West Side Market. Sawyer also runs Sawyer’s at Van Aken District,…
Lee Sechrist’s Cleveland Hangover Photos are Headed to the Museum of Hangovers in Croatia
Cleveland-area photographer Lee Sechrist has documented the pain and agony of people’s hangovers for the past three years, taking up-close-and-personal face shots the morning after. Now those photos are getting a new audience with an installation at the Museum of Hangovers in Croatia. The artist announced the collaboration with the museum earlier today on Instagram: View…
Cleveland Police Seeking Serial Public Masturbator on Near West Side
Cleveland police are seeking tips and information on the identity of a man who has been captured on video exposing himself and masturbating outside of homes on the near west side, all while apparently wearing the same, distinctive jacket. The incidents, which so far have occurred on Columbus Ave., on West 58th, and on Father…
Tony George’s Vindictive Council Reduction Initiatives Heading to 2020 Ballot
The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections has confirmed that if the initiatives to drastically reduce the size of Cleveland City Council and the compensation of its individual members are filed before Jan. 17, they will indeed appear on the March, 2020 ballot. The dual measures propose that the number of elected councilpeople be reduced from…
Ohio Republicans Join Group Asking Supreme Court to Reconsider Roe v. Wade Abortion Ruling
Most of Ohio’s Republican congressional delegation joined 207 members of Congress in signing a legal brief filed yesterday asking the United States Supreme Court to consider reversing a decades-old ruling legalizing abortion across the country. The filing is the latest salvo in an effort by conservatives to challenge legal protections for abortion so that states…
20-Year-Old Lure Bistro in Willoughby Has Closed
Lure Bistro (38040 Third St.), a mainstay in downtown Willoughby for 20 years, has closed. Current owner David Pike confirmed to Scene that he closed following New Year’s Eve service. “Yes, unfortunately I have been forced to make the difficult decision to close the doors,” he states. The popular sushi and seafood eatery was opened…
The ‘Jeny’ from the WHOISJENY Billboards Is Not a Person At All
The identity behind the “Jeny” referenced in all those minimalist local billboards with the #WhoisJeny hashtag was revealed Friday morning. Jeny is not, as it turns out, a person. It refers to the new FM radio station, 107.3, J-E-N-Y, which purports to be “the pulse of the North Coast” and will be targeted exclusively to…
Empanada Shop Half Moon Bakery to Open Friday Near MetroHealth
After more than three years of pop-ups and catering, Half Moon Bakery finally is ready to unveil its brick-and-mortar bakery in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood (3460 W. 25th St., 216-255-7714), located across the street from MetroHealth. The bakery is operated by Gerson Velasquez and Lyz Otero, who moved to Cleveland from Puerto Rico at age 13.…
6 Concerts to Catch in Cleveland This Weekend
FRIDAY, JAN. 3 Zip-Zapp/Kid Tested/Bwak Dwagon Inspired by acts such as Cream, Can and the Who, the locally based duo Zip-Zapp raised eyebrows with last year’s debut album, which includes a guest appearance by Nashville-based steel guitarist Mike Daly (Hank Williams Jr./Travis Tritt). It’s weird, trippy stuff that makes Zip-Zapp one of the Cleveland’s more…
Arsenal Cider House Opens on Lorain This Saturday
Pittsburgh-based Arsenal Cider House will open its Cleveland location (4507 Lorain Ave.), its first outside of Pittsburgh, this Saturday, Jan. 4. Owners and founders Bill and Michelle Larkin opened Arsenal about a decade ago as a basement business that has graduated to three taprooms and a production facility in Pennsylvania, all offering award-winning ciders and meads.…
Corporations Avoided Paying $74 Billion in 2018 Federal Income Tax
COLUMBUS, Ohio – During the first year of the Trump administration’s new tax law, 91 Fortune 500 companies didn’t pay a dime in federal income tax, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Report co-author Lorena Roque said using legal loopholes, corporations avoided paying $74 billion into the nation’s…
The Browns Fire Everyone, Again — The A to Z Podcast With Andre Knott and Zac Jackson
Andre and Zac discuss the latest December in Berea happenings. What’s next? And who would want to work for the Browns? Subscribe to A to Z on iTunes here or stream below.
Band of the Week: The Dead South
MEET THE BAND: Nate Hilts (guitar, vocals), Scott Pringle (mandolin, guitar, vocals), Danny Kenyon (cello), Colton Crawford (banjo) BLUEGRASS-ISH: Hilts grew up in Regina, Saskatchewan, listening to his parents’ music. “I listened to Neil Young and Meatloaf and Neil Diamond,” he says. “When I got out on my own, it was Zeppelin and the Doors. After…
Get Out: Everything You Should Be Doing in Cleveland the First Week of the New Year
THU 01/02 Cavs vs. Charlotte Hornets Much like the Cavs, the Charlotte Hornets are rebuilding after the loss of a star player. In the Hornets case, star guard Kemba Walker left the team over the summer to play for the Celtics. The Cavs should be able to eke out a win tonight as the teams…
The 2020 Comics Issue
Welcome to the 2020 Comics Issue, curated by Sequoia Bostick, with cover design by Sequoia Bostick and comics by Duncan Barton, Amalia DeGirolamo, Lindsey Bryan, Brian Gleine, Shari Ross and Tim Switalski. (Click on each comic to enlarge.)
Savage Love: Bottoming Out
I’m a 29-year-old gay man living in California. Why are most tops such assholes? I have had plenty of sexual partners ranging in age, ethnicity, and expressed sexual orientation. But what unites them all is a general callousness toward bottoms or even a delight in the knowledge that it is they who get to “use…
